Design Engineer

Retell AI • Redwood City, CA

2d • $180,000 - $300,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Retell is hiring a Design Engineer to own the bridge between design and code. You will build and maintain our design system, prototype in code, implement UI primitives, and ensure that what ships looks exactly like what was designed. AI tools are a first-class part of how you work, not a side experiment. You will collaborate closely with our product designer and work across the engineering team to raise the quality bar on every product surface. This is a role for someone who cares as much about the craft as the output. You ship real components to a real product used by thousands of companies running AI voice agents at scale.

Requirements

• Strong Figma skills: component library, variables, auto layout
• Solid frontend: HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript
• Experience building and maintaining UI component libraries
• Design systems knowledge: tokens, spacing, visual consistency at scale
• Active use of AI coding tools with clear opinions on where they help and where they don't
• Has shipped real components to production products

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Storybook
• Motion and interaction design sensibility
• Familiarity with accessibility standards
• Background at a design-forward SaaS company
• Interest in mentoring others on AI-native workflows

Responsibilities

• Work AI-first: use Cursor and Claude Code as your starting point for component work, with your own judgment refining quality
• Build and own the Retell design system: component library, Storybook, design tokens, and Figma variables
• Prototype in React and TypeScript and test with real users before full systemization
• Translate Figma designs into production-grade components with pixel-level accuracy
• Own design-code parity across Retell's core product: dashboard, agent config, CRM views
• Review frontend PRs for visual quality, not just functionality
• Document and share AI-native prompts and workflows with the design and engineering team
• Partner with the product designer to evolve the visual language as the product scales

Benefits

• 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance
• $70/day DoorDash credit for unlimited breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks
• $200/month wellness reimbursement (gym, fitness classes, etc.)
• $300/month commuter reimbursement (gas, Caltrain, etc.)
• $75/month phone bill reimbursement
• $50/month internet reimbursement
• Equity Provided
• US Visas: Retell AI is open to sponsoring work authorization for qualified candidates, including H1B/H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 (OPT/CPT), and O-1 visas.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed